Man, 19, identified in fatal Swann Street shooting outside Columbus home

Columbus police are investigating a fatal shooting on Swann Street at Rochester Avenue in south Columbus where a man was found dead Wednesday in his yard.

Tony Allen, 19, was pronounced dead of multiple gunshots at 10:34 a.m. at the scene, said Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan. His body will be transported to the crime lab in Decatur on Thursday.

The body was in a fenced yard on the corner of Swann Street and Rochester Avenue.

Police Maj. J.D. Hawk said patrol officers were called around 10 a.m. to reports of a shooting in the 4100 block of Swann Street.

The neighborhood named Willis Plaza is off Cusseta Road. Hawk said he worked the area when he was a patrol officer.

“Most of the time it’s real quiet,” he said.

Many of the homeowners are longtime residents such as educators invested in the community, he said.

“As a matter of fact, I’ve been walking around talking to people I’ve known since I was a kid,” he added. “There’s a lot of school teachers in this area that taught me, and friends I had out here back then, and then I rode the beat as a patrolman.”

Violent crime is a rarity there, he said: “It doesn’t happen on this street.”

This story was originally published October 3, 2018 at 11:49 AM with the headline "Man, 19, identified in fatal Swann Street shooting outside Columbus home."